Brooklyn



sm@ M u@ EI'ERS VHOTO-LITNDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

i extended.

' SAMUEL@ 4'ril'MGDouestI., orfBRooKLYN, NEW YORK.v

i ,Leners Panni No. hammered Maronti, '1871,

l .il'he` Schldiilreferred 110.511. these Letters Patent a'nd makingpeut oi' the same,

Beitknowngthat IV, SAMUEL T. MUDGGALL, of

i i BropklymQKings county New York,'haveV invented, i made, andabplid touse a .Combined Clothes-Receptacle, -Ironing-Board, andy Clothes-Driel'and'thatthe followingis afull, clear, andlcorrect description there-`lof,referen`ee bein'gfhad totheracconipanying draw-A .ing m`tr`slofrefrence rnarledwthereon, in which- `l1`igure11 is a frontiiewof my invention, the door .being shown open.

Figure-2 is a crossfsection o 'the same, the ironing board and drierbeing extende `for use.

' Eigure 3 is afront "iew of the same, the drier being In the drawing,`like parts vf the invention are' des- I rignated i by. the sameletters"ofr`efer ence.

`The nature ofthe presentinveution consists in the 'cpnstruetiom as morefully hereinafter set forth, of a coiiibined clothes-receptncle,ironing-board, and clothesi .`"drier`,-the' objectzofiithe inventionbeing to provide a new and useful article for use inthe household, whichshall occupy little room, canlbe easilytransported, and

Wisaitorded to the consumer at a moderate cost.

To enable those `skilled inthenrts to make Vand use i my` inrention,Itivilltdesci'ibe its `construction andoperation. j

Y "LA shows a ureceptacle for f clothesor `other articles,

" *which receptacle may be-made of wood or any suit` ,ablejmateriah oftheproper shape'` for the purpose intended, and is `provided `npon`itsinterior with the shelves a,and upononeside of which is hinged a'door,

a, which can bejopened or closed,as desired. .V

y Botlitliefupper and lower.` shelves 40L are slotted, toV allowtheirouing-board B and `clothes-drier O to be folded up and receivedwithin the" receptacle A, lthe ironing-board' B heilig hinged-at itslower end to the lower shelf of the receptacle A.

` j ,Bshowsnn -1roning-board, upon which, when ex- `tended, clot-hes maybe ironed, hinged at its lower end ,to the lower shelf a of thereceptacle A, and made sufficiently long to allow it to `be. foldedwithin the receptacle A, as shown inigsil und 3 ofthe drawing.

This ironing-board B is grooved upon its under side, to allow` a`support, `b, to` be; hinged nt orne end within .the groovcd 'portionofthe ,board B, a stop, b2, being 4secured npoulthe under side ot thehoard `near the point of hinging the support I) to the board,to`retainthe supporti) in position;V when let down, while a button, b", may hefastened to the under side of the boardv .Bfto keep the support inposition, when closed, wit-hin the groored `portion oftllebml-rd.

G shows the cldtlies-drier, `composed inthe present `instance of usci-'ies cil-Iside strips, e, supporting n. se-

|Innnoinalutn'r` I'NjcoMBiNi-:n cLoTHEsREcEPTALEs,'|noNING-BOARDS,,ANDDRIERs.

ries'ofcross-strips, ci, one frame thus formed occupying, when the drier.is opened', a I iorizontal position, whilea second frame, formed inthe. saine manner,

shalloccupy'a vertical position.

Y The' horizontal `frame is hungf'atone end 'upona rod, 4 c, inserted inthe upper end` of a frame-work, D,

hinged upon one side of the receptacle A, so that it may be closedwithin the receptacle A and stillallow the door a? to be closed freely.

To the opposite end of the side strips c a rod, c 'is Vatizaeliedover`which are passed and secured the plates c5, through the forward endsoi' which a second rod is passechjits ends projecting beyondthe platescs and receiving the ends lof the side strips c, lemployed, in

connection with v the cross strips, to form the vertical frame, the sidestrips .being free to move upon this rod so as Vto allow thesecoudpframe to befolded directly beneath the irs't one.

The horizontal frame used may, after the second Vframe has been placedparallel with it, be turned inwnrdor downward into a verticalposition,}and thus beclo'sed within the frame D when'desired, carryingwith it the second frame previouslyfolded beneath ite' Such being theconstruction, the operation will readily understood y i l j The shelvesof the receptacle are-intended to receive clothes or other articles thatmay be placed f there.

'The ironing-board, whenin use, fis turned down from thevexticalposition it occupies when closed, as seen -in ligs. 1 and 3 ofthedrawing, 'into the horizontalA positioushown intig. 2, and the supportiswithdrawn from within the grooved portion of the board and serves tohold the board in position.

The ii'nme D, after the horizontal andvertieal frames C have beenwithdrawn and unfolded from within it,

maybe opened to its full extent, andthefraines may then be n sed fordrying clothes.

Thus `it will be seen that :iY new and Vuseful article.`

Witnesses:

A. Sinner DoANn, WM.v HAs'rINr-i s.

